Tusishvili

The Tusishvili (Georgian: ტუსიშვილი; archaically known as Tusisshvili, ტუსისშვილი) was a Georgian princely family, known in the eastern province of Kakheti from 1469. The Tusishvili branched off the House of Zedginidze. They had their estates at Akhmeta and Gagma-Mkhari on the left bank of the Alazani. After Russian annexation of Georgia, the family was incorporated among the Russian princely houses in 1850.^[1][2]

A notable member of this family was the 18th-century churchman Saba, Metropolitan Bishop of Ninotsminda (1744–88), and a close associate of King Erekle II.

References

1. Toumanoff, Cyril (1963), Studies in Christian Caucasian History, p. 271. Georgetown University Press.
2. Bagrationi, Ioane (1768-1830). Tusis-shvili (Princes of Kakheti). The Brief Description of the Georgian Noble Houses. Retrieved on December 19, 2007.